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Founded in 1994 by Daniel Pipes, MEQ is the Middle East Forum’s journal intended for both scholars and the educated public. Policymakers, opinion-makers, academics, and journalists write for and read the Quarterly, which is known for exclusive interviews, in-depth historical articles, and book reviews on subjects ranging from archaeology to politics and on countries from Morocco to Iran.

Summer 2025 Volume 32: Number 3
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“Are You Alawite?”: A Call to Prevent Genocide in Syria
June 1, 2025
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Artificial Intelligence as a Pathway to Normalization Between Israel and Saudi Arabia: Post-Gaza War Prospects
June 1, 2025
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A Growing Security Threat: Iranian Intelligence Operations in Scandinavia (Part One: Denmark and Norway)
June 1, 2025
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Iran’s Use of Psychological Warfare Against Its Adversaries and Strategies for Deterrence
June 1, 2025
Book Reviews
June 1, 2025
Brief Reviews
June 1, 2025
Book Reviews
Summer 2025
Book Reviews
Islamesque: The Forgotten Craftsmen Who Built Europe’s Medieval Monuments
June 1, 2025
Book Reviews
Endurance: Speaking Kurdish in a Warped World
June 1, 2025
Book Reviews
Polluted Politics: The Development of an Israeli-Palestinian E-Waste Economy
June 1, 2025
Book Reviews
Jerusalem on Earth: Clamoring at Heaven’s Gate: Post-Six Day War Jerusalem
June 1, 2025
Book Reviews
Leaving Islam, Ex-Muslims, and Zemiology
June 1, 2025
Book Reviews
Heroes to Hostages: America and Iran, 1800-1988
June 1, 2025
Book Reviews
Handbook of Islamic Sects and Movements
June 1, 2025
Book Reviews
The Renegade (Il Rinnegato)
June 1, 2025
Book Reviews
Being Jewish After the Destruction of Gaza
June 1, 2025
Book Reviews
Israel and Civilization: The Fate of the Jewish Nation and the Destiny of the West
June 1, 2025
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March 1, 2025
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Assad: The Triumph of Tyranny
March 1, 2025
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On Settler Colonialism: Ideology, Violence, and Justice
March 1, 2025
Book Reviews
The October 7 War: Israel’s Battle for Security in Gaza
March 1, 2025
Brief Reviews
Nazis, Islamic Antisemitism and the Middle East: The 1948 Arab War Against Israel and the Aftershocks of World War II
March 1, 2025
Brief Reviews
Oman’s Transformation After 1970
March 1, 2025
Brief Reviews
Possessed by the Right Hand: The Problem of Slavery in Islamic Law and Muslim Cultures
March 1, 2025
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Reform and Its Perils in Contemporary Islam: The Case of Nasr Hamid Abu Zayd
March 1, 2025
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Biden’s Volte-Face on Israel: How Decades of Support Turned into Criticism
By: Daniel J Samet
March 1, 2025
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